25 Writers Who Have Shaped My World (and My World View)
March 13th, 2009 by Ajuan Mance
African American students reading together at an elementary school in Washington, D.C., 1942.
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Villager tagged me about 25 writers who shaped my world, and so I’ve come up with the following names. The last 5 are names of a handful of the writers who have helped shape my world view about race and education, and I’ve included the book titles for the authors in that section. A shout out to Villager for bringing this meme to my attention. Check out Electronic Village, his amazing blog on Black issues and current events.
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25 Writers Who Have Shaped My World (and My World View):
- Toni Morrison
- Ntozake Shange
- Edward P. Jones
- Richard Wright
- Charles Chesnutt
- bell hooks
- W.E.B. DuBois
- Patricia Hill Collins
- Fran Leibowitz
- Lisa Birnbach
- Octavia Butler
- Herbert R. Kohl
- Bruce Jackson
- Randy Shilts
- Audre Lorde
- Michael Pollan
- Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens
- Charles Johnson
- James Frey
- Samuel Delaney
- Michael Thomas (in Man Gone Down)
- Michael Datcher (in Raising Fences)
- Malcolm Gladwell (in Outliers)
- Frederick Douglass (in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass)
- Asali Solomon (in Get Down)
Posted by Ajuan Mance
March 15th, 2009 at 12:18 am
This list fits you.
March 18th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Great list! Thank you for your kind words at EC. Please come by Color Online. Love to hear from you.
Peace,
L